The version 3.3.9 of the Hueman theme introduces an enhanced mobile menu and the long-awaited sticky sidebars. You can give it a try on the Hueman theme demo website.

Child theme users : some new template parts have been added for the header ( see below ). No core function has been removed or renamed but you might need to update your custom child theme header templates with the new ones.

Important note : if you are using a cache plugin like Total Cache or Super Cache, you will need to refresh your website’s cache after the update to v3.3.8.

New mobile menu

The mobile menu is now revealed on scroll up and collapsed on scroll down in a non obtrusive way.

The hamburger button has been redesigned to be thinner and with an animation on click.

You can select the design ( and roll back to the previous version if you want ), and select which menu will be your mobile menu from the customizer live panel in Header > Design or Menu > Menu Locations

Sticky sidebars

The default behaviour of the sidebars is now to glue ( or “stick” ) on top of the page, making them permanently visible when scrolling up and down. This is useful when a sidebar is too tall or too short compared to the rest of the content.

Improvements have also been brought to the expansion and collapse behaviour for mobile devices.

You can control the sticky option in the customizer live panel, in Content > Sidebars, either for desktop, mobile or both.

If you install the Hueman Addons plugin, you can of course control this behaviour on a page level.

Developers : new header template parts

With the introduction of the new mobile menu, the header template has been modified in parts/header-main.php, and two new sub templates have been added : parts/header-nav-main.php and parts/header-nav-topbar.php.

Hi,
how can I upgrade Human-Pro? Probably that might be the reason for my Problem?
I actually have difficulties with the display of the header. They are all cutted in the high.
For right desplay I have to scroll and change every time the size of the website – than everything ist okay.
Here the link:https://vogel-bildhauer.de
Thank you for every help
Elmar

Hi there,
The mobile menu is not working on my site. I have assigned it as the header menu in the theme customizer, but still, nothing happens when you click on the hamburger icon. Can someone please advise ASAP? Thanks!

hi nicoloas,
I have been working with this theme for the past 6 months, and am thoroughly impressed. Thank you for all the hard work that you have put in.
My only issue is that my site description is not showing up on my mobile. I think by default hueman theme does not have site description tag for mobiles as it is not letting me change the css. I tried uploading an image with site description in the logo, but that also is appearing weird on mobile. Have been dabbling with this for quite some time.
I feel as most people access internet through their mobiles,a site description option is a must for mobiles. Can you please do something about it in the theme? or is there something that i can do from my end?
.
Thank you.

I’m very new at the coding in WordPress thing, so I don’t fully understand the language and lingo. However, with that being said I am trying to place a view count on my posts so the visitor sees how many times a video has been viewed.

Here is my issue.

When I place

in functions.php via child theme and I paste

CSS

1

in single.php, I’ll get a return, but it’s only on the front end or the frontpage where the posts are. I don’t see a view count on the actual post. What am I doing wrong?

I’ve tried to paste the code in single-tmpl.php, content.php, etc. I’m so confused.

Good morning Nicolas, I have a problem concerning the fonts: I installed the plugin Googlefonts and I try to use the font CINCEL for H1 and H2. For all settings I used the customizer and at some pages it works – but at some pages it doesn’t work. I tried really everything: overriding every font, setting on default again. I can send a screenshot if it helps. Thank you for answering. Elmar

I still have a big problem concerning the fonts: I installed the plugin Googlefonts and I try to use the font CINCEL REGULAR for several titelpages, postpages etc. But it doesn’t really works sure. So,sometimes the customizer shows the changes I made in the preview but by pressing the publish button, everything is gone. the Thank you for answering. Elmar

Hello everybody,
I have a question concerning the theme humain-pro. Is it possible to change, fill or create the two squares on the left and right side of the header with other things than only colour? Thanks for answering.

Hello Nicolas,
thank you so much for your answer – good to know this posibility. So, the theme Humaine seems the right one for my project.
I’m just started with WordPress some month ago, so I certainly have silly questions: Actually I have problems with creating and placing widgets: Since few days I tried to create widget for the left and right slider: Sometimes the widget is desplayed, sometimes not.#
I can send you some sceenshots, from the steps I already did. Here in addition my url: http://www.carve-script.de
Thank you for answering
Elmar from Dresden/Germany

Good Morning Nicolas,
I don’t know how I did it, but I actually created two new sidebars and I gave them own names. Now I understand, that this new sidebars have priority – I have to use them. If I use the original sidebars, the content will not be displayed. My Question: Is it useful to change create own sidebars?
Kind regards Elmar

Hello Nicolas,
I have a problem with the Picture for the Background at one page. Only the following page does not accept my picture: http://carve-script.de/denkmalpflege. In addition this page has no possibility in the customizer for setting a picture – that’s weard. Even I set a picture for all sites, it will not desplayed there. So what’s the reason?
Thanks for answering.
Elmar

As always, this is such an amazing theme! Love everything you’re doing, please keep up the great work.

I was just curious, though, would it be possible to add an icon for Discord in the Social Links area? Or is there a way to manually add an icon? I’d like to add a link to my Discord server on my website.

Hi
I have a problem with mobile menu. On my phone works very well but on my tablet – 10″ Sony Xperia Z2 – the mobile menu doesn’t show at all. Website looks nearly like a desktop version :/ with not nice menu.
Any ideas?

I was wondering if there is possibility to remove loading style.css and leave main.min.css, the problem is when I put wp_deregister_style( ‘theme-stylesheet’ ); in functions.php , it also removes hueman-main-style stylesheet.

What I am trying to do is to merge all .css files into one file and avoid unnecessary requests, but it seems that those two files are connected somehow, can you suggest some solution for this ?

1) Is it possible to arrange Postings on the mainpage in an random order instead of chronological order?
2) Is it possible to stick some content pieces from the sidebar on fixed positions, also for mobile devices?
Currently, the user has to scroll down alot, to get in contact with the sidebat content.

1) posts in random order : this option is not available but this could be an interesting improvement
2) this is not possible as of now. This one would be more difficult to implement in the Hueman theme without doing some structural changes.

Huh,I have a site with over 2000 posts.I was looking for three coloumns theme and tested hueman.everything seemed perfect and i was happy. I ve just tested mibile version and noticed that sidebars are not shown until I click arrows.Considering that i have banners in sidebar,this is a problem.

Question is : is it possible to always somehow show content of both sidebars in mobile version? Thanks

Thanks for your continuing work on Hueman. This is my site: pragitecture.eu. I recently updated Hueman Child. have a number of questions. 1) I read in the posts above a lot about sticky sidebars and transparent menus. Do I have this behaviour by default now? I can’t work out the new-look customizer at all! 2) More important, I notice an arrow, like a video play arrow, has appeared on the image on my home page. Can I get rid of this?

Hi,
I would recommend to use the additional css section in the live customizer, rather than creating a child theme specifically for this. Playing with the margin / padding should do the trick.
Best regards

Hey there, thanks for the updates and documentation, really helpful!
However, I’m facing a problem I do not understand: although in the customizer I see and can change the primary and secondary colour (I have free version, if that counts), but the changes do not appear on my site no matter how many times I save&publish them. Do you know what can be the problem? 🙂

I purchased the Pro version and I find it very well no regret for the moment site managers always attentive and ready to respond.
Tips: Put the possibility to have the logo also with the header image enabled and put the possibility to have the image of the page searched in search results such as theme Customizer
P.S. these days’m experiencing problems with Woocommerce and WP Super cache

I inform you that with the last update just arrived of Woocommerce the problem related to error both at Woocommerce and WP Super cache seems solved.
So I invite all those who had encountered such a problem to look for the update of WooComerce and install it right away. Mihail O.

Hello, really like your theme, now I use the old version. I want to upgrade to 3.3.9 but there are issues with the sticky side panels. When you scroll down sticks to the top and if a long page then have to scroll a long time before I see the bottom of the sidebar. For the sidebar is bad. Now I use the old version of your theme with the plugin “theia-sticky-sidebar”. Make sticky sidebar as it is now on the website https://effekt-energo.ru/product-category/lektroradiator-konom/

Hello, yes this option will be added in the next release. Currently the sidebar sticks to its top. In the next release, users will be able to choose whether the sidebar has to be scrolled or not before sticking.
Thank you for this feedback.

I am using your theme together with the Event Calendar plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-events-calendar/ and I have problem that I can not see the comments sections under events. Under regular posts or pages the comments section is visible but under event no. I did test: I switch off all plugins (except event calendar) than I switch to default theme Twenty sixteen or Twenty Eleven and the comments sections is vissible under events. So I supose there is something wrong with the theme.

Other suggestion put the ability to set the header image using its profits “the picture show” posted on the pages.
Then as stated above make sure you have an option with Search Right Button + Logo (not below in the white part) + Hamburger Menu all on the same black bar on top of the mobile version so they take up less space.
In the meantime I wish you all good job. Mihail O.

I like the updated Hueman theme but have just discovered that my latest posts, though published, aren’t showing on the front page. They don’t get posted to twitter automatically either, like they used to. Have no idea what to do to fix this. Front page display is set to – your latest posts, not sticky. Now what?

Ok, I tried to get rid of the sticky sidebar (I really really hate it, once again, why is it on by default?), and it stays sticky (I emptied the cache).
When I return to customize, it’s checked again, despite the fact that I checked it.

Hi Karsten, OK than you.
The theme won’t reset the options like this. It’s never been reported before and I never experienced it.
I wanted to make sure that the Hueman Addons was not responsible for it ( despite the fact that I could not reproduce it on my side, and that it’s never been reported either ). And you confirm that it is not.

This looks like either a server problem ( you might want to contact your hosting company about it) or a plugin doing something wrong.

Hi, you have a javascript error on your website. ( not generated by the theme but by code added by a plugin ).Uncaught TypeError: window.addEvent is not a function at (index):11
This might block the menu to work.

I am using child theme. I couldnt understand what this means ” you might need to refresh your overriden header templates with the new ones.” Can you explain me what should i do if i use child theme? Also one visible change i found after using child theme created by Childify Me plugin is Admin Bar disappearance. Do you have any idea why this might have happened?

All good now, I had to refresh my header.php and sidebar.php files in my child theme, hadn’t updated those since many releases ago.

Please add the “Disable Dynamic Styles” option back please, it’s not there anymore? I load my own Google Fonts and style everything through my child theme CSS so having inline style is causing problems.

It seems even with the sticky option disabled, the sidebar is all weird and smashed together on iPads, before you had the icon to push the sidebar out but now all the content of the sidebar is half viewable.

I removed all my custom CSS in the child theme but the sidebar still doesn’t look right:

I’ve remembered that I’m using a modified child header, but even after reading the other advice on this forum, I don’t understand specifically how to ‘update my header php with the new ones’?
I.e – what steps do I need to take to update my header php ‘with the new templates’?

After the update I had a problem with the top menu. I disabled header.php in the child theme and apart from clearing the cache on the site, I also needed to clear it on Cloudflare. Now all seems to be back to normal again.

Hello.
Opinion: Sticky sidebars I dislike. New transparency topmenu I also do not like.

Serious problems responsive appearance:
If the sticky menu is active, the entire menu row is inserted under the upper edge of the window, the menu is not visible and is not clickable.
If the sticky menu is inactive, then the line and offer it to see. But when I click on the menu expands the line only for search (menu items missing).
Logo also appears in the menu bar displays wrong – is all dark (I have it in PNG).
(I use only topmenu + css modifications child theme)

Unfortunately, I had to revert to version 3.3.7, from which I updated today.

Hello Jana, thanks for sharing this feedback.
What is it that you dislike about the sidebars ? Is there something that could be improved in the sticky behaviour ?
I’m worried about the problems described. Is it something that you can reproduce on the Hueman demo site ? If yes on which page ?

Hello,
1. logo created in PNG colors of black and transparent. His portrayal of the dark background topbar is ugly.
2. I do not like the left sidebar moves differently than the right.+ If the page is long, the sidebars does not move straight up to the lower end, but only see the middle part of the sidebars. Moving the site itself can not therefore affect whether I want to see the top or bottom of the sidebar, I’m reliant on auto
3. not display menu items – resolved. Not checked the “topbar” for mobile devices in the setup template.
4. Offer a topbar menu inserted under the upper part of the window – In Custom CSS, I had set the option:
.container.group
height: 155px;
margin-top: -30px;
Now when I remove this code, the problem will disappear. BUT NOW I DO NOT KNOW HOW THE AREA HEIGHT ADJUST (DOWN) – Can you help me?
Thank you.

Unfortunately i had to revert back to my latest backup. I updated the theme, which was supposed to be child-theme-proof, and my mobile menu failed. Not wanting to open or close. I’ve spend about an hour trying to fix it. Even replacing the newly updated files with the old ones by FTP. But now I have to give up and ask my hosting company to replace the current installment with a backup that they have made last night.

I will try the next update of your theme, to see if the child-theme-proof functionality has been fixed.

Hi Bart,
For users of child theme, I always recommend when possible to test the newest versions on a development site. If you have never used a local test website before, this is very easy to set up on your computer, and can avoid problems when updating your production website.
Here are some useful resources on how to setup a local test environment for WordPress :

Most of the users having this problem have fixed it by either refreshing their cache plugin ( Total Cache, Super Cache, … ) , or updating the overriden header templates in their child theme.
I hope this will help

About the new releases process : I always publish a release note like this, in which I provide the most important informations to avoid problems as much as as possible. I would recommend to check the release note before updating the theme when you see the update notification in your WordPress admin. Or even better, to try the new version on a test site before updating the production site.

Thanks for your answer Nicolas.
Yes, things are optional, but I don’t like when they’re activated by default. Then it can be a hassle to find in the customize where is the option to deactivate it.
I’d rather spend time looking for it if I’m interested in it and not the opposite.

Hi Waheed, you seem to use a cache plugin.
You need to refresh you website cache or disable the plugin and enable it back. Otherwise the latests stylesheet and front end javascript code of the theme won’t be taken into account and this will lead to visual inconsistencies.
I hope this will help 🙂

Hi, I need your help:
I have a blog http://www.alumnoaventajado.com with Hueman 3.3.8
Since yesterday I can not modify the color of the texts in the post with any editor.
For example when I want to change the color of a word when saving changes I get the color hexadecimal code next to the word.
Example: Injustice 2
When previewing looks like this: 167cc4; “> Injustice 2
Can you give me a solution?
Thank you very much

Hi Breo,
I can’t reproduce the described color issue. I don’t think this is related to the latest release because no changes have been done to the admin part and specifically the editor.
Can you check if a plugin might be in conflict with the theme ?
Thank you.

I’ve changed the default colour of the mobile menu and the change is visible when at the top of the page. However, when I scroll down the page and then up, so that the menu reappears, it changes its colour to the default gray.

Can you please advice what are the exact steps to revert the new mobile menu to the old behaviour (without downgrading the theme version, please :)) are?

Hi,
Yes, the top bar background color is always set to grey when scrolling because this color is compatible with most of the websites. This is a design choice ( but I agree, this might not be the best for all cases ) . You can override the default CSS and use the .is-scrolled class to set your own custom color on scroll.

Hi Yudha, yes this has been reported already and this is actually an old problem.
I am currently working on a long term fix for this. The header widget zone will be made more flexible, and you’ll be able to decide on which device it will show up.
Thank you

Hi Alexey, I am not able to reproduce your problem.
Can you notice it on the < a href="http://demo-hueman.presscustomizr.com/">Hueman theme demo website too ?
If yes can you attach a screenshot of the issue ?
Thank you

My website is equally messed up – the mobile version navigation doesn’t work at all – and the computer viewable site shows the mobile version.

Why don’t you PLEASE just revert everything back to where it was – fix the problems without the world having to suffer through your poorly validated release – and let us all get back to running our businesses?

It is impossible to introduce new features to a theme used by 80K + sites, customized with an infinite number of combinations, without generating some problems.
But considering the number of active installs of the theme, this update is actually a success !

My goal is to keep the Hueman theme up to date with the latest WordPress improvements and compatible with the latests devices. This is a very hard task, this world is evolving extremely fast. In fact this is quite a miracle that there are not more problems…

Every release is deeply tested on several servers, on all major browsers, and all mobile devices I can find. My team and I make tests with and without child themes. And we test as much options combination as we can.
But this won’t avoid bugs.

For the mobile menu, if you select a location ( in Menus > Locations > Mobile menu setting ) which has an assigned menu, it will work. This is the solution that fixes this problem.

Hi, you can open a new thread about your issue in the Hueman theme forum.
Please provide as much informations as you can about your system when you create your topic. You’ll find your system information in Appearance > Themes > About Hueman

Version 3.3.8 ruined my site when viewed from mobile. Until 3.3.7 I was able to add a custom slideshow as header, changing “parts/header-main.php” just by adding

after

and deleting an 8 lines block after

With 3.3.8 “parts/header-main.php” has changed significantly and the same customization fails with mobile devices; the slideshow header is covered in part by the new top mobile menu (which also has a different color from the non-mobile menu), and an empty bar which looks of the same height of the top mobile menu appears under the slideshow header.

Finally I was able to restore an acceptable behavior by setting “Select the menu(s) to use for mobile devices” to “Topbar and header menus, logo centered”, but I think 3.3.7 was better, how can I revert to it?

Hi SunilP, there’s no option to disable the sticky nav menu yet. It has been made as non obtrusive as possible that’s why I’ve decided to avoid adding another option to the theme ( which already has too many 🙂 ). What is the problem you’re getting with the sticky mobile menu ?
About your other question, the sidebar top block colors are using primary and secondary colors set in the customizer > general design options.
For the space question, this has to be done with custom css.
Cheers,

I am using the default Android browser on my Samsung Galaxy S6. The issue only happens on the smartphone, I am not sure about other smartphones though. And only when I refresh the page. On my computer everything runs fine btw.

The demo website doesn’t have the issue when browsed on my phone.

We also did not make any changes to the theme itself. We are however using a child theme which feeds off the Hueman theme, and in the functions.php file we only added some functions to remove WordPress’s version number etc.

And no, we are not running any cache plugins as far as I know. We do run Clean Up Optimizer but I don’t think that is a cache plugin?

I can not reproduce the problem on my side, you website displays nicely.

About the previous menu, yes you can set it back from the customizer panel, in Header > Header Menus > Select the menus to use for mobile devices. There you can pick the “topbar and header menu, logo centered” option.

This is probably because you have no mobile menu assigned. Open the customizer, navigate to Header Design > Colors, mobile settings > Select the menu to use for mobile devices.
Let me know if you are still having troubles with this.

Hi,
I understand, I admit that it is a personal request, having health concerns, if I do not receive an email to tell me that I have an answer to my comment, I forget, that is why on my I have installed the plugin wpDiscuz, I have moreover to click on More or Less, to say that I am or not satisfied with the answer.
Why the background of social profiles in the sidebar, serves for hyperlinks? I have always wondered, I might want to have hyperlinks in blue and have the background of social profiles in another color or just a darker blue.
Thank you